General Motors is recalling certain units of the GMC Sierra 1500, 2500, and 3500 pickup in response to a potential issue with the roof-rail airbag inflators.

GM has issued a recall for certain units of the Chevy Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500 pickup in response to a defect in the trucks' roof rail airbag inflators.

Airbags in certain Ford Transit Customs and Tourneos may propel metal fragments towards occupants, or not deploy at all.

The passenger frontal airbag on an Altima uses a stored-gas inflator unit for deployment. The large unit, which resembles a Thermos bottle in size, is pressurized to 4,000 psi.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday that the recall of 394,029 vehicles includes certain 2006-2011 3 Series sedans (324i, 325i, 325xi, 328i, 328xi, 330i, 330xi, 335i ...

According to the NHTSA’s initial decision in September, there have been seven inflator ruptures in the U.S. since 2014.

WASHINGTON — BMW of North America is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. because they are equipped with airbag inflators that can explode, leading to a potentially serious injury or ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 104, SECTION 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS, Part 2 (1995), pp. 1896-1899 (4 pages) The predominant inflator system today for automotive airbag modules typically uses sodium azide ...

Takata Corp is considering booking a quarterly charge of 2-3 billion yen (11.7-17.3 million pounds) to cover the cost of additional recalls of vehicles fitted with potentially defective airbags ...

BMW recalling more than 390,000 vehicles due to airbag inflator issue The airbag inflators in the recalled vehicles can explode, which could seriously injure or kill someone, federal regulators said.